Responsibilities
- Perform timely and accurate balance sheet reconciliations across various financial accounts, including insurance-related balances and control accounts.
- Reconcile accounting records against supporting source documentation to validate financial statement balances.
- Investigate unreconciled items and discrepancies, identify root causes, and drive resolution through proactive stakeholder engagement.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting, New Business, Policy Administration and Finance teams to resolve reconciliation issues.
- Support IFRS 17 related account reconciliations and understand accounting impacts across the financial reporting process.
- Prepare and maintain reconciliation documentation, procedures and supporting audit evidence.
- Review and maintain process documentation to ensure alignment with internal controls and operational requirements.
- Monitor reconciliation status and communicate findings, issues and recommendations to management.
- Support quarterly and annual reporting requirements, including consolidation of reconciliation results from subsidiary entities.
- Assist with internal and external audit requests, including preparation of schedules, supporting documents and responses to auditor queries.
- Provide reconciliation and accounting information to support business-as-usual finance operations.
- Ensure compliance with group policies, financial controls and reconciliation standards.
- Support finance transformation initiatives, process improvements and ad-hoc projects as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in financial accounting, financial reporting or account reconciliation.
- Experience within life insurance or financial services environments is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls and accounting processes.
- IFRS 17 knowledge is required.
- Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, HKICPA, ACCA or equivalent is advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and resolve complex issues.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- SAP experience is preferred but not mandatory.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Cantonese language capability is highly preferred due to frequent interaction with Hong Kong-based stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
What’s On Offer
- Opportunity to join a leading life insurance organisation.
- Exposure to IFRS 17 accounting and financial control processes.
- High visibility role supporting key finance governance and audit activities.
- Strong stakeholder exposure across Finance, Actuarial and Operations.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
- Fast interview process with immediate hiring requirement.
- 12-month contract with potential extension depending on business needs.
